The President's FY 2024 budget includes a $24.7 million increase in urban Indian programs.

For 120 years the Federal Government and the State Government have promised the American people that they would keep it pristine, ecologically healthy, and intact not only for us, but for my children and my grandchildren and the children…

Arizona is home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, which serves a crucial role in keeping Americans across the country safe.

I remain committed to working with you to ensure your organizations have the resources and authorities required to address these challenges in an era of great power competition.

We cannot do it alone, so I continue to say our partners and allies play a key role as we work together to counter the aggressive and malign behavior that seeks to erode rules-based international order.

These realities are even worse for Indigenous women and girls, which is why we have worked together in the past legislation addressing this crisis of violence.

Last Congress, Democrats provided significant investments for drought mitigation and climate resilience, including $8.3 billion in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and $4 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Since it is pretty obvious which of those I prefer, and which would objectively make the most sense if we are having a serious discussion of water needs in the year 2023, instead of 1923.

If we want California agricultural production and the associated food security that accompanies it, we need to meaningfully invest in our infrastructure.

We shouldn't have to wait for a crisis to make good decisions. We should be proactive.

We need storage and better conveyance capacity for agricultural water supplies, for drinking water, for recreation, and for the environment.

Congress has no business listing or delisting species.

These bills would legislatively delist the species we are talking about--the gray wolf and grizzly bear.

It is beyond ironic that Rep. Boebert is working to undermine the will of Colorado voters to bring back wolves to the state.

Enacting these bills would indeed undermine the successful recovery of these species and the rule of law.

We saw it play out in the months after the Trump administration delisted the wolf and the greater Yellowstone grizzly.

Those who would say that this law is perfect are wrong.

How much can we afford to spend?

Any law can be improved, and that is what we are about.

Removing federal protections for these grizzly populations will pave the way for trophy hunting and subject bears to ever-increasing levels of persecution.

The gray wolves are more popular than some of the politicians that want to delist them.

We will have discussions about how to make this law work better.

The sheer hubris of these bills is impressive.

These bills ignore science, rather than trust it.

What happened then? Well, Idaho authorized the killing of 90 percent of their 1,500 wolves.